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James I. Jaconette was born in San Diego, California in 1967. Mr. Jaconette is one of three partners responsible for the day-to-day prosecution of In re Enron Corp. Sec. Litig. (S.D. Tex.) and In re Dynegy Inc. Sec. Litig. (S.D. Tex.), on behalf of lead plaintiff The Regents of the University of California, and the large classes of public investors represented in those actions. Mr. Jaconette has litigated securities class actions and corporate governance/merger and acquisition-related actions since 1995. To date, cases in which Mr. Jaconette executed a primary litigating role, including In re Informix Corp. Sec. Litig. (N.D. Cal.), have resulted in approximately $300 million in settlements, judgments, or common funds that benefited investors.
Mr. Jaconette attended San Diego State University, receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree with honors and distinction in 1989 and his M.B.A. in 1992. In 1995, Mr. Jaconette received his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from Hastings College of the Law, University of California, San Francisco. Mr. Jaconette was the Mortar Board Vice President from 1988-1989, a member of the Hastings Law Journal from 1993-1994, and Associate Articles Editor for same from 1994-1995. Mr. Jaconette authored The Fraud-on-the-Market Theory in State Law Securities Fraud Suits, Hastings Law Journal, Volume 46, August, 1995. In 1993, Mr. Jaconette served as law clerk to the Honorable Barbara J. Gamer, and in 1994, as extern to the Honorable William H. Orrick, Jr., District Judge.
In 1995, Mr. Jaconette was admitted to the California Bar and licensed to practice before the United States District Court, Southern District of California.
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